Suicide has become the number one cause of death for active-duty U.S. military troops, outpacing killings in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Living in Mexico, it’s sometimes difficult for me to keep current. This says “active-duty” – what are the stats for veterans?
Yes! Yes! If we can’t fix the problem, maybe we can fix the statistics.
Keep in mind, when these people — sorry, I mean these Warriors — come home, they’re going to be unemployed. It will be interesting to see how the government retools the unemployment stats to hide this.
This is one of your best cartoons ever, sir!
Derieher, you might find this recent article of interest : http://dawn.com/2012/03/28/losing-war-one-veteran-every-80-seconds/ ….
Henri
@ mhenriday –
Thanks for that link. It’s exactly the kind of information I wanted.